Marking tag



Oct. 5, 1943. E. VAN TUYL MARKING TAG Filed May 16. 1941 L. IIIIIIIIII v a marking tag of thecharacter described which can be easily and;cheaply-made and'Whichjcan plied to one sleeve thereoi' i V,

Patented Oct. 5, 1943' Sidney E. Van'rTu yl, Riverside glllg, agent. v7 1 AmericanTa' (lompann chicago, Ill,, -a cor rporation oflllinois s Applicationltflay1t, 1941 serial n iasstviz vlThis invention 'relates'to marking taggand particularly tags which"ffafter application to a garment-orarticle to be' marked, cannot bereoved' Without destruction or evident mutilation ofthe'tag. jln the sale of wearing; apparel and household equipment such'as rugs and windowdrap'es'it is desirable to mark each article'with' a. tag bearing the,,usual"iridicianecessary for the operation of a commercial establishment, such as thejdealers cos'tincode, the stock number, the selling pricef thejsize, and. suchother data as are customarily kept for proper maintenance of merchandising records.

that "this data be kept with the tag untifthearticle is ultimately disposed of and retainedjby the purchaser;'particularly'fasthe"data is especially' necessary where the article is returnedvfor credit after it has been delivered to aprospecv It is also necessary to' protect against the return of an article for credit after-it tive, purchaser;

For these purposes'ja satisfactory marking tag jmustj' be'somad'e that it can be'readily applied to a garment and cannot be removed the'reIrom withoutdestruction orfevident mutilation of the tag, in order that substitution of another tagcan be readily detected and the removal and replace} ment of the tag after'the article has beenjused go will be readily apparent. .w v

Qne ofthe objectsof this invention is" to provide-a tag of this character whichc'an 'be readily applied towearing apparel orother' a'rticles a d which can then be locked against remova'l -yvi out destruction or mutilationof the tag;

Anotherobject of this invention is to provide ,a marking'tag of this character'in' which the; pin

orfasteningmeans bywhich the tag is attached td'th articleto be marked may be lockedwithin asecuring'device to prevent the manipulation ,ofi the'iastening pin to effect its 'removalfrorn the'garment. g p 1 @Another object of the invention is to proyid'e be instantly and lf'a dilyjlls e .in the co mgenticn al manner. '1 i, y T ve an J her b c s d a vanta es of the invention :will he. apparent from the following "description when read in connection with L ihaa ve fl i mwma inw ich f Figure I is, an" illustratiye' representation or a dress with a markingftag ofj .,this'inventionap- For theprotecti'on of Ithefrec'ords itis necessary I l5 ta sep rat sw m! eir p reta ner stri'p' It;

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form or marking H andreadyforapplieatien td'anarticle; 2 I t Fig; 3 is a representation m perspectiveof. the

5 marking tag shbwn-inl igt- 2lgappliedto aneai 'ltide; of which "a; fragment is showmwith. one: leg of the or fastening m eans lpl'aced. in a: slot; in

the rivet I by which the marking.

andloekeditogether;Ls 'liigni 4 'is a view oi'h thermarkinatag shownin Figs.- :2 and 3 t after" the tag;. has' i'been closed and secured the: rivet swageditoilock the marking. tag upon, W

the article; l v s Fig.- 5 .i's .,a@ fragmentary sectional view I the marking tag. shown magma, and 4, taken .,on the-line ig-z-izoiiiiigfi; V. i a

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L givetswa ged into closed position a. l q shew i I aci ifi d fo m of m r 1 howni bf; this inventionrea ticle ion ,of the tag shown I s e articiegtoibei marked, and with the rive'tfsvvag Referring'to the draw 8',

etai'ner ,strip' overlying" The rivet n .is of itii l oim Pit' from the substan'c'eloi. this-invention; The-grivet' or eyel'et l 'I,'as best-shown'in Figsr5Land ears formed-from a -tubular bodyhavingafiang'epr'.

base 220 at one end thereof; to engage oneaside tag 6f this inventions opened 1 and a s ,tO Be applied to'the a e s, h 2 V representation of anarticle (to been; rke dfl's r vet may readily bem'ade without departing 2 of the tag body [5 through which the tubular body portion I9 projects. The tubular body portion is slotted by the slot 2| and the material struck out from the body by the slotting operation, clinched or turned down to form the tangs 22 by which the rivet or eyelet I! may be held in the tag body l5 prior to its use. In the event that it is not desired to have the rivet or eyelet ll permanently attached to the tag body prior to use, the slot may be cut into the tubular body 19 of the rivet without providing the tangs 22.

Passing through the tag body I5 at the upper end thereof is the conventional pin or fastening means 23 by which the marking tag can be attached to the article to be marked merely by passing one of the legs 24 through the article to be marked (which is indicated by thenumeral 25 as shown in Fig. 3). The pin 23 isshown, formed with two legs 24, although obviously it may be made with a single leg and secured to the tag body in any conventional manner. It is important, however, that the pin 23 be so located on the tag with respect to the rivet I! that when the tag is closed, as shown in Fig. 4, the pin cannot be removed through which it is passed, and for this purpose it is also necessary that there be sufficient space between the rivet l1 and the point at which the pin 23 is attached to the tag body l5 to permit the pin to pass through the article to be marked 25 without having any portion of the article 25 interfere with or overlie the rivet ll.

The rivet or eyelet I1 is so formed that. when the tag has been completed and attached to an article the tubular body 19 of the rivet may be swaged or clinched shut by the swaging dies 25 and 21 which are normally mounted on the jaws of a pair of pincers so they may be readily manipulated. When the rivet I1 is swaged with these dies, the flanges 28 will'be formed on'the open end of the rivet to secure it to the retainer strip IS in the same manner as the flange retains the other end of the tubular rivet upon the tag body [5.

A modified form of the marking tag of this invention, shown in Figs. 8 and 9, is composed of the tag body 35, the separate retainer strip 36 which is apertured by the aperture 38. The rivet l1 and the pin 23 employed in this structure may be of the same form and the positioning thereof similar to that of the parts previously described in connection with the structure shown in Figs. 2 to "7, inclusive. The dotted lines on Fig. 8 indicate the position of the retainer strip 36 when applied to the marking tag in the manner contemplated by this invention.

In Figs. 10 and 11 is shown a further modification in which the tag body 45 is part of a long strip of tag material folded to form the retainer strip 145, apertured at 48; with an intermediate portion 49, apertured at 50; and a tab portion 5|,

"which may form a severable coupon which isordinarily detached from the tag when the garment is sold or passed through one of the stages of the merchandising procedure. The tag of Fig. .10 is shown in Fig. 11 in fragmentary section applied to 'an article 25 which is being marked thereby.

' Method of operation I marking tag shown inFig. 2 is attached to the article 25 by passing one or both of the leg memfrom the material,

bers 24 of the pin 23 through the article to be marked, as shown in Fig. 3. Thereupon one of the leg members 24 is dropped in the slot in the rivet or eyelet H and the retaining strip 16 fold- 5 ed over so as to pass the aperture l8 over the rivet l1. Thereupon the rivet I1 is swaged shut to form the flanges 28 upon the open end of the rivet by the swaging too1s26- and 21 as shown in Fig. '7. N Swaging tools in Fig. 7 are shown of such a. type that they will not only swage the flanges 28 upon the rivet H, but will also deform the leg member 24 of the pin 23 at the intermediate portion 29 of the leg 24, thus not only looking the 15 pin within the rivet H, but deforming the pin so as to prevent its subsequent use andto readily disclose that the pin has been subjected to the swaging tools. If it is not desired to deform the leg portion of the pin, it is only necessary to 2 modify the forms of swaging tools employed.

Once the rivet I! has been swaged shut, as shown in Fig. '7, it is impossible to remove the retaining strip Hi from thetag body IS without obvious mutilation of the retainer strip or the 5 tag body, and the pin 23 cannot be withdrawn from the rivet 11 without serious and manifest deformation of the pin.

The modified form of the marking tag of this invention shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is applied in 30 the same manner as thatpreviously described except that the retainer strip 36 is a separate strip and not a folded portion of the tag body. The pin 23 is passed through the article 25 in the same manner as that previously described and oneleg 24 of the pin dropped in the slot of the rivet H. The retainer strip is thereupon applied and the rivet swaged shut,

The modified form of marking tag of this invention shown in Figs. 10yand 11 is handled in practically the same manner as that of the form first described except that the multiple folds of the tag comprising the retaining strip 46 and the intermediate portion 49 must be passed over the rivet I! before the rivet is swaged shut.

Although the invention has been disclosed in connection with the specific details of a preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that such details are not intended to be limitative of the invention except insofar as set forth in the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

l. A marking tag comprising a tag, a' retainer strip, a rivet passing through the tag and the retainer strip, a slot inthe rivet, a pin secured to the tag, and a leg on the pin passing through the article to be marked and projecting through the slot in the rivet; p

2. A marking tag comprising a tag, a retainer strip, a rivet passing through. the tag and the retainer strip, a slot in the rivet, and a fastening pin secured to the tag and having a leg thereof passing through an article to be marked and disposed between the tag and the retainer strip and secured within the slot of the rivet 65 when the rivet is swaged.

3. A marking tag comprising .a tag, a pin secured thereto, a rivet'passing through the tag, a slot in therivet, a leg on the pin designed to pass through an article to be marked and to project into the slot in the rivet, and a retainer strip connected to the tag to overlie a portion of the tag and the pin and having anopening therein to receive the rivet so that it may be secured to the tag by swaging oftherivet.

4. A marking tag comprising a ta a fastening pin secured to the tag and passing through an article to be marked, a rivet passing through the tag, a slot in the rivet receiving a portion of the fastening pin, and a retainer strip secured to the tag by the rivet so as to embrace that portion of the fastening pin passing through the rivet between the tag and the retainer strip.

5. A marking tag comprising a tag, a fold in the tag whereby a plurality of portions thereof are brought into overlapping relation to each other, a rivet passing through the overlapping portions of the tag to lock them together, a slot in the rivet, a fastening member secured to the tag, and a leg on the fastening member passing through an article'tobe marked and lying befoldably connected tag and retainer portions, a

pin carried by one of said portions and adapted to pass through an article to which the tag is to be secured, a rivet carried by one of said portions j and having a slot in its end to receive apart of the pin which has passed through the article, the other portion having an opening to receive the rivet whereby the two portions can be securedtogether with the pin between them.

7. A marking tag comprising a sheet of paper or the like, a pin secured to the sheet adjacent I one edge and having an elongated body adapted tween the overlapping portions of the tag, the

fastening member and the rivet being so positioned on the tag that the leg passes through the article to be marked and then projects through the slot in the rivet to be retained therein when the rivet is-swaged to lock the overlapping portions of the tag together.

6. A marking tag comprising a sheet having to pass through an article to be marked, a retainor sheet to overlie the first sheet and the body of the pin, a rivet carried by one of the sheets and formed with a slotted end to receive the body of the pin, and the other sheet being formed with an opening to receive the rivet so that the rivet can simultaneously secure the sheets together and grip the body of the pin between them.

I SIDNEY E. VAN TUYL. 

